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Category Item Description Number RequiredItem Price Item Total Cost per Tray

Growing 300x60x350 HomeLeisure

Accessories Seed Trays (300x60x350) from Bunnings 20 $3.05 $61.00
Paper Towels Coles 100% recycled paper 1 $1.25 $1.25
Seed Scoop $0.00 $0.00
Tamper $0.00 $0.00
Water Hose $0.00 $0.00
Grow Data Sheet $0.00 $0.00
Clip Board and Pen on a
string $0.00 $0.00
Seed Storage $0.00 $0.00
Growing Accessories Total $62.25
Cost per tray $3.11

Seeds Per Packet No. of Trays per packet Cost Per Tray
Sunflower Shoots $5.56 2 $2.78
Pea Shoots $1.85 1 $1.85
Radish, Daikon $6.40 4 $1.60
Basil $4.50 1 $4.50
Average cost of seeds per
tray $2.68

Growing Medium
and Fertilising Details Volume (litres) Volume per tray Feeds per bottle Cost per Item
Organic Compost -
Bunnings Scotts Pure
Organics 25l Premium
Compost 25 7.94 $11.98 $1.51
Seasol Fertilizer liquid 0.5 0.01 $60.00 $7.00 $0.12
Total cost growing medium
and fertilising $1.63

Labour to grow Hourly rate (at minimum No. of hours for 20

Microgreens wage) trays Hour per tray
Hours to plant, fertilise
and water microgreen
tray to completion. 20
trays @ 3.5 hours = $17.70 3.50 $0.25 $0.25

Cost of Producing
one Tray of
Microgreens $7.67

Estimated number
of Microgreen
products produced
for sale per tray
4 items for sale per tray Cost of microgreens per item $1.92

Cost of Harvesting
and Packaging Item avg cost of packaging per item Cost per item
EcoProducts EPRCC16
clamshells 0.25
Plastic Bags and Twist
Tie 0.20 $0.23
Labour (cutting, washing,
drying, packing and
labelling) 1.77
Labels 0.10 $2.10

Total cost for

Bag/Clamshell of
Microgreens $4.02